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FRIOTIONHINGE. No. 399,751. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWVIN HAINES, OF PADDOOK IVOOD, COUNTY OF KENT, ENGLAND.

FRlCTlON HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,751,41ated March 19, 1.889.

Application filed November 5, 1888. Serial No. 290,012. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN I-IAINES, retired farmer, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of Paddock Vood, in the county of Kent, England, have invented certain new and useful improvements in the mounting of and fittings for dressing and cheval looking-glasses, ventilating-windows, louver boards, and other similarly-balanced appliances, and for rollers for blinds, charts, and the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. 7

According to this invention I fix to the dressing or cheval looking-glass, ventilatingwindow, louver board, or other similarly-balanced appliance, on each side, at the fulcrum, a ring or washer, and provide the standards or posts with fittings having a mainly rectangular projection or lug taking its place within the ring, and a cam part or bar below the ring. One lower corner of the aforesaid lug within the ring takes a bearing against the inside of the ring, while the lower outer part of the ring bears against the cam a little beyond the vertical center line. The glass thus resting at two points is steadied sufficiently to keep in place, but can nevertheless be shifted with ease, the places of support shifting in the process of shifting the glass round.

The invention is also applicable to rollers for blinds, charts, and the like.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a dressing-glass mounted in the manner described.

Figure 1 is a front view, partly in section, and Fig. 2 a side view. Fig. 3 is a front view of one of the fittings, the dotted lines indicating the position or inclination of the look ing-glass in the thrown-back position, and Fig. 4 a similar view showing the looking- Fig. 5 is a sectional side view of the fitting. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section showing the application of the fitting to a roller-blind, and Fig. Tan. end view of the fitting. v

To each side of the looking-glass frame, and in the central or balanced part, is fixed by means of two screws a ring or washer, a, and to each of the standards of the supportingframe is fixed a fitting, I), having a lug, c, of a mainly rectangular form, but with slightlyrounded corners, and a lug or cam part, d, the lower part of the ring a working between the lug c and the lug cl. The fitting Z) is pivoted to the looking-glass by a screw, e, which passes through a somewhat oval hole in the fitting b,the center of the pivot or screw e bein g always a little below the center of the ring a.

In Fig. 3 the right-hand lower corner of the lug 0 takes its bearing against the inside of the ring a, while the lower part of the ring ct bears against the cam cl a little beyond or to the left of the center line.

In Fig. 4. the glass is supported. in the opposite way.

Figs. 6 and 7 show the invention as applied to a blind or chart roller. The ring a is screwed onto the grooved pulley f of the roller 9, or, especially if the pulley f is made of metal, the ring a may be made in one therewith. The fitting b c d is fixed to the side of the window-frame. For heavy blinds, or those more than four feet wide, I use a fitting at each end of the blind-roller; but for lighter or narrower blinds a fitting at one end suffices.

For heavy blinds I sometimes form a shallow notch in the interior of the ring a, and into this notch the corner of the lug c finds its place.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is i 1. The stationary fitting b, with lugs c and (Z, in combination with the ring a, which is applied to a rotatable part working in connection therewith and works between the lugs c and d, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The fitting 6, adapted to be fixed to a swing looking-glass stand and provided with lugs 01 and c, the latter having an oval hole for a pivot, e, that is secured to the lookingglass, in combination with a ring, a, that is adapted to be secured to the looking-glass and works between the lugs c and (Z, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

EDIVIN IIAINES. 

